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*Kenyan brewer has 51 pct stake in Tanzania brewer. *Tanzania regulator wants to revoke the stake. NAIROBI, July 31- Kenya's East African Breweries Ltd said on Friday it would try to convince Tanzanian authorities not to revoke its acquisition of a controlling stake in Tanzania's second-largest brewery.

LONDON/ BRUSSELS, July 28- Diageo and Heineken have agreed to dissolve their joint ventures in South Africa and Namibia, so the British spirits maker and Dutch brewer can pursue their own growth strategies in the countries. Diageo said it has become market leader in spirits in South Africa with a 40 percent share and felt it had the necessary scale to go it alone.

BRUSSELS, July 28- Dutch brewer Heineken and spirits maker Diageo have agreed to end their 11- year cooperation in South Africa and Namibia in a series of deals to disentangle joint ventures. Diageo, whose brands include Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness, said it had become market leader in spirits in South Africa with a 40 percent share and felt it had the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The U.S. Virgin Islands' environmental agency plans to file a violation order against two rum producers on St. Jamal Nielsen, spokesman for the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, said authorities are "in the process of crafting a violation order" against Cruzan Rum and Diageo USVI, a subsidiary of global liquor giant Diageo PLC that...

LONDON, July 24- British spirits maker Diageo is under scrutiny in the United States, where the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for information to see whether it shipped excess inventory to U.S. distributors, a practice known as "channel stuffing". A spokeswoman for Diageo, the world's biggest spirits company with brands including Smirnoff...

July 23- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating if liquor company Diageo Plc has been shipping excess inventory to distributors to boost its results, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the inquiry. The maker of Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker whiskey confirmed that it had received an inquiry from the SEC...

July 23- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating if liquor company Diageo Plc has been shipping excess inventory to distributors to boost its results, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the inquiry.

PARIS, June 17- Remy Cointreau posted higher than expected annual profit on Wednesday, despite a difficult year in China, and said it would accelerate a drive to sell higher-priced spirits to boost profit margins, sending its shares up to 8 percent higher. At 1120 GMT, Remy Cointreau shares were up 1.6 percent at 65.15 euros, off a session-high of 70 euros, but...

LONDON, June 8- Shares in Germany's largest lender, Deutsche Bank, surged almost 5 percent on Monday on the appointment of a new CEO, but failed to offset a broader sell-off in European equities as bond yields and the euro rose. "Rising bond yields and the continued impasse over a new Greece deal keep investors cautious," said CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson.

LONDON, June 8- Shares in Diageo Plc, the world's largest spirits maker, rose about 7 percent on Monday following a report in the Brazilian press saying private equity firm 3 G Capital was considering a bid for it. But a leveraged buyout of Diageo would be the largest in history and well beyond anything 3 G has done, said Jefferies analysts, who estimated that the...